I am off to PNC Park shortly to take in a getaway day matinee game between the Pirates and the Mets. The Pirates are six games into a critical ten game stretch with games against the Cardinals, Mets, and Brewers. All are teams that are divisional opponents and/or teams with whom the Bucs are embroiled with in a battle for a Wild Card Playoff slot. Thus far, the Pirates are 2-4 in the games that have been played, so things haven't gone exactly as hoped.
Here are the Wild Card standings as of this morning:
Not only are the Pirates 4.5 games out of the last WC slot, there are also three teams ahead of them in the standings for that spot. Maybe, just maybe, if they beat the Mets today and sweep the Brewers in Milwaukee this week, they can get back into this race, but otherwise, things are not looking good, and the chances of GMBC making any significant moves at the trade deadline to improve the 2024 team grow slimmer by the day.
There is more to be written about this team, and I will get to it in the days and weeks ahead, but until then some happier Bucco news:
Both Reynolds and Skenes are fully deserving of making the All-Star team, so congratulations to them both.
Paul Skenes has easily been the Story of the Year for the Pirates, and one of the biggest stories throughout all of MLB this season. If Major League Baseball had any sense of the dramatic, or of what the People Want To See, Skenes would be the starting pitcher for the National League. The fact that it does make so much sense is probably why it won't happen. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised of the Pirates tell the Powers That Be specifically NOT to pitch him in the game. Gotta keep those innings limits in tact, you know.
Off to PNC and root, root, root for our Home Team.
#letsgoBucs
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